Transportation Planning

Transportation affects our daily routine, and contributes to the prosperity, livability and vitality of northeast Ohio. An efficient and well-balanced transportation network keeps people connected to jobs, friends and family, stores, medical services, and recreational activities. As the region’s metropolitan planning organization, NOACA has a key role in preserving, maintaining and enhancing northeast Ohio’s transportation system. Learn more at the links below.

Transit is an important aspect of the transportation network, and mobility choices are vital to the health and vibrancy of a region. Public transit options reduce congestion, personal transportation costs, and carbon output. Transit Oriented development (TOD) promotes a mixture of housing, retail, services, workplaces and open space within walking distance of transit to maximize use of the transit system.

Transportation Asset ManagementAsset management is based on a simple, but powerful premise that agencies should consider the full life-cycle cost of their funding decisions and manage their assets accordingly.

The primary focus of the Regional Safety Program is improve safety by reducing crashes, particularly fatal and serious injury crashes, on all modes of transportation in the NOACA region.

Freight Planning
NOACA has developed a Multimodal Regional Freight Plan to facilitate goods movement in Northeast Ohio. Trucking will always play a crucial role, however, that system has significant challenges and intermodal shipping is projected to be one of the fastest growing sectors.

Human Services & Mobility Planning
NOACA is committed to meeting the transportation needs of older adults, individuals with disabilities and those with low income. As the region's population continues to age, the need for specialized transportation services continues to rise.

Bicycle & Pedestrian Planning
NOACA’s bicycle and pedestrian planning program works to improve the region’s transportation infrastructure so that bicycling and walking can be safer and more convenient options.

Hyperloop
What if you could travel to Chicago from the Cleveland Region in less than 30 minutes?? That could become a reality through a new partnership hoping to bring futuristic technology to the region!